Terminal V

In the vibrant heart of Berlin's electronic scene, DJ Cringey and TOXIMAMI, known collectively as HARD CANDY, are redefining musical boundaries. This dynamic duo, rising stars in the music world, are celebrated for their unique 'Polygenre' sound—a high-energy fusion of Donk, Psytrance, Techno, and Bailefunk, infused with Bootleg elements, all delivered at a pulse-racing BPM. Their distinct sound i...

DJ Love might be a newcomer, but there's no guessing that from the way he plays. The London-based new boy has already perfected the art of layering his hard grooves with euphoric energy, both in the booth and in the studio. His tunes on Beardman, Pretty Weird and Wavelengths have been supported by the likes of Interplanetary Criminals and Mark Broom, who, he admits, is a large part of the reasons...

Australia’s Club Angel is on a tear. Fresh off a breakout couple of years he has solidified his place at the forefront of dance music's new school with sets everywhere from Hong Kong to Antwerp, Seoul to Ibiza. His tunes deal in infectious, relentless energy but with always with a warming core and euphoric overtones. They're fast and furious in their rewiring of 90s and 00s club sounds and have ea...

Anxhela is an Italian-Albanian DJ. Since her adolescence she has a particular feeling with electronic music following any kind of movement or genre and finally, at the age of 17, jumped into the techno world. Shortly after she moved to Berlin and begins to get closer and closer to this panorama starting to play in 2020 and releasing her first tracks in 2022 on MRC and Voxnox labels. Her sound has...

In the best way possible, Cera Khin doesn't care what you or anyone else thinks of her. She's here to do things her way. That approach has seen her blaze a path to the top table of hard techno, playing in the world's best clubs and dropping her own compelling club cuts on various labels, including her own. The Tunisian-born DJ and producer has long been an advocate for breaking the stigma around m...

Cynthia Spiering is a new school star who fell in love with techno when she worked at the notorious Rotterdam club Perron when she was 18. Pioneers like Jeff Mills and Octave One shaped her understanding of the craft and inspired her to take up DJing, and she made her debut in 2016. Since then, she has carved out a reputation for sets that balance euphoria with uncompromising kick drums, drawing o...

'STÜM has fast become one of Australia’s most exciting DJ exports. Based between Melbourne and London, the founder of Happy Wax Records has now turned heads around the world with a sound he calls “chaotic bliss.” It's a melange of euphoric trance, heavy-hitting techno, and emotionally-charged sounds that he delivers with great control and storytelling ability. His fan base is so fervent that he of...

The Glasgow-based Céleste duo are amongst a healthy crop of artists putting their hometown on the map. Their high-energy techno sits right at the vanguard with hints of trance nostalgia and a penchant for fun edits all bring each and every set to life with HD colour and emotion. They are residents at the beloved Berkeley Suite and regulars at the iconic Sub Club who are now known around Europe and...

Melbourne's high-energy dance explosion is being fuelled in part by breakout stars like native talent CRUSH3d. He says his main aim as an artist is to conjure good vibes on the dance floor, and he's now doing that across his homeland and as far afield as London. As heard on his new album ev3r, his tunes are a heartfelt blend of warm and rubbery drums and pensive pads, often topped with a nagging v...

SHFTR is one of a tight-knit group of local talent representing Liverpool's thriving scene right now. Having gone from strength to strength thanks to his unique blend of hard-house, bouncy trance & much more, he is one to watch in 2025 and beyond. Full interview with SHFTR - www.terminalv.co.uk/terminal-v-podcast-095-shftr/ >>> FOLLOW SHFTR >>> https://www.instagram.com/shftr.uk/ >>> FOLLOW US >>>...

Cadzow is part of the new wave of Scottish artists who are setting the hard techno agenda. The Glaswegian works through his tunes at pace, keeping dancers locked with selections that dip into several sub-genres, and often draws from plenty of his own originals and edits to keep things fresh. He’s already left his mark on us with two standout performances at the iconic Terminal V festival and wheth...

SWART grew up in the Belgium scene, which has always been at the forefront of high-energy sounds from rave to techno. Years after first parting as a teenager, he is now established as a tehaon talent in his own right with a sound that is trance-infused and hypnotic. He's dropped plenty of it on the likes of VAGUE and Selected (Berlin), and it is all written on Ableton. He's such a wizard with it,...

Mika Heggemann is busy on many different fronts shaping the contemporary electronic scene from his base in Berlin. Not only is he a DJ, producer and sound engineer with a high energy take on techno, but he is a founder of the Polyamor collective and co-creator of the Berlin Dance Music Event. His fresh sounds blend a healthy understanding of what has gone before with a new school edge and plenty o...

Chippy Nonstop always brings the party, and she can do it in many different ways as a rapper, DJ, activist, songwriter and event organiser. She has had a nomadic existence so far, which includes being born in Dubai, living in Zambia and across the States, getting deported after her visa expired and then moving to Toronto. It was there that she set up the pioneering Intersessions collective to teac...

Liverpool-born Entasia’s journey in electronic music has already been pretty wild. After first coming up on his local scene, he moved to Australia, initially for six months, but has remained there for five years. The switch had a big impact on his sound and now he's at the forefront of the high energy hard house scene and has already dropped a big tune this year with 'Mona'. It's a great example o...

'Fast-rising Dutchman LAMMER has a healthy reverence for the 90s but never resorts to pure nostalgia in his music. The Rotterdam native draws from the roots of the rave scene and crafts his music using a mix of vintage gear and modern replicas and brings plenty of his own sense of euphoria to house, techno and trance. It's bouncy, colourful music that has won him support from the likes of Job Jobs...

'Kyle Starkey is at the forefront of an exiting new wave of artists bringing all new dimensions to hard house. Importantly, his sound has plenty of in-built funk and a cheeky playfulness that means it is more than pure revivalism. To prove it, he recently dropped the standout Definition Of Love EP featuring two more peak time bombs alongside Rapid Trax boss DART, both of which embody exactly what...

'Berlin protagonist Afem Syko brings plenty of colour to techno - not only with his music, but his look and his personality. He is something of an antidote to days gone by when those in the scene preferred to be clad in all black and maintain a moody look in their press shots. He is comfortable celebrating his individuality and encouraging his dancers to do the same, not least with the music he dr...

'Iran-born Aida Arko has made her mark on the global scene after starting out in the Persian underground. Her journey started a decade ago after years of touring with Cirque Du Soleil and has since taken to her key residencies at Grelle Forelle Club and with the Gegen Collective and NoGender. Her dark, industrial sound comes with hard-edged drums and experimental textures and has been released on...

'The Muffin Man describes her own sound as "sewer grooves". It's a potent blend of fast, rolling drums and bass, edge from tech house and emotion from psy-trance and it never fails to make an impact. The Italian-born, East London-raised artist has taken it to cult clubs around the Europe and will play the next Terminal V in April while continuing to drop plenty of her own bangers. In this intervie...

'Biianco is one of the most exciting talents to have broken through in recent times. They are a producer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with a bold, bright take on techno, but are also on a mission to uplift their neurodivergent and disabled community. Their body-positive bangers have come on labels like Ultra Records and alongside the venerated Marlon Hoffstadt while their hybrid club sets a...

'Ventur was one of the many standout debutants at Terminal V festival last year, which is why we've invited him back for a podcast. He also made his international debut after quickly rising up through the UK scene and is now ready to push on once more in 2025. His sounds have come on vital labels like Teletech, Exhale and Taapion and traverse several techno sub-genres, all of them united by irresi...

'Lucia Lu is Berlin born and bread and very much represents that in her music. She admits her main mission is to represent the various sounds of city on the world stage, and does so with a specific love of techno while aiming to find the nuance amongst its dark, energetic grooves and hypnotic melodies. The journey so far has taken her to some of the best clubs in the world, always with a sense of...

'Colombia's Noise Mafia is all set for a breakout year. Hailing from Bogotá, they have already had huge support for their tunes from the likes of Charlie Sparks, I Hate Models and Sara Landry. And it's not hard to hear why - they are big, bouncy, bright collisions of rave, techno, trance and hard dance that bring plenty of character and a wide array of references from myriad sub-genres across the...

'Ollie Lishman is one of a number of artists who have made their mark in Australia and moved over to Europe to continue making waves. The Naarm/Melbourne native is now based in Berlin and mixing up the city's sounds with his own style brought from home. He calls it simply 'groovy electronic music' and it takes in big beats, infectious energy and smart samples from across the hard dance spectrum. H...